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Sun, Feb 24, 2019·United Center, Chicago

Dallas Stars 4, Chicago Blackhawks 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 60% of the time.

CHI winsDAL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
DAL21211413429
CHI013220114347

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 11:35DALRadek FaksaAssists: Mats Zuccarello, Jason Dickinson · Wrist, 0.16 xG1–0
  2. P1 17:28DALAlexander RadulovAssists: Miro Heiskanen · Backhand, 0.18 xG2–0
  3. P2 1:44DALMats ZuccarelloAssists: Tyler Seguin, Esa Lindell · Snap, 0.09 xG3–0
  4. P2 2:58CHIChris KunitzAssists: Marcus Kruger, Duncan Keith · Slap, 0.07 xG3–1
  5. P2 15:37CHIDrake CaggiulaAssists: Duncan Keith, Erik Gustafsson · Tip-in, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P3 4:16CHIJonathan ToewsPPAssists: Erik Gustafsson · Wrist, 0.04 xG3–3
  7. P3 8:55DALJason SpezzaPPGWGAssists: Alexander Radulov, John Klingberg · Wrist, 0.31 xG4–3
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 11:35CHIJohn Hayden: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 11:35DALJason Dickinson: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 11:43DALAlexander Radulov: Tripping2 min
  4. P3 3:29DALAlexander Radulov: Slashing2 min · PPG
  5. P3 7:25CHIDylan Strome: Too many men on the ice2 min · PPG
  6. P3 8:03CHIDuncan Keith: Tripping2 min
  7. P3 12:40DALBen Lovejoy: Hooking2 min
  8. P3 15:26DALRoman Polak: High sticking double minor4 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

DAL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0CHI
46% to win54% to win
← DAL attackCHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Toews won the faceoff against Hintz
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

DALCHI
29Shots on goal47
3.1Expected goals2.5
48Shot attempts63
29Faceoffs won31
2Power plays5
15Penalty minutes9
31Hits16
12Blocked shots12
14Giveaways12
8Takeaways9

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Dallas Stars

Forward lines

  1. bestRadulov – Zuccarello – Seguin9:41

    xG 0.90–0.27 (77%)attempts 15–7goals 2–0

  2. Spezza – Dickinson – Hintz2:05

    xG 0.09–0.08 (52%)attempts 3–1goals 0–1

  3. Radulov – Seguin – Hintz2:49

    xG 0.02–0.02 (54%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0

  4. Spezza – Ritchie – Dickinson2:24

    xG 0.02–0.10 (17%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestPolak – Heiskanen10:00

    xG 0.93–0.18 (84%)attempts 12–4goals 1–0

  2. Klingberg – Oleksiak6:19

    xG 0.54–0.16 (77%)attempts 8–3goals 1–2

  3. Klingberg – Heiskanen4:02

    xG 0.17–0.09 (64%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. bestToews – Kane – Caggiula15:40

    xG 0.72–0.48 (60%)attempts 14–10goals 1–0

  2. Strome – DeBrincat – Kahun10:42

    xG 0.16–0.36 (31%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  3. Kunitz – Kruger – Hayden4:35

    xG 0.09–0.41 (18%)attempts 2–5goals 1–1

  4. Anisimov – Saad – Sikura10:05

    xG 0.22–0.58 (28%)attempts 5–15goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestKeith – Gustafsson9:22

    xG 0.43–0.13 (76%)attempts 6–6goals 2–0

  2. Seabrook – Forsling3:02

    xG 0.14–0.10 (59%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Koekkoek – Gustafsson5:57

    xG 0.21–0.17 (55%)attempts 4–4goals 0–1

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

CHI 2.5 xGDAL 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

CHIDAL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

CHI's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line CHI is favoured, below it DAL. Dots are goals.

Excitement 86/100 · #196 of 1271 this seasonSwing 1.72 · 7 goals in reach · 3-goal lead cutComeback index 46% (winner's lowest chance)
DAL 100%5050%50CHI 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +30 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Dallas Stars win this game 60% of the time.

CHI winsDAL wins

Simulated goal difference (CHI − DAL), 10,000 replays

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).